MARINE POLLUTION (S.I., 2010, No. 1228) (No. 2)

Early day motion 308, tabled 23 June 2010 by Mark Lazarowicz (Labour). Signed by 33 members.

That this House welcomes the Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010 which were laid before it on 9 April 2010, in the previous Parliament; considers the new requirement for harbour authorities regulating cargo transfers to be licensed by the Secretary of State to be appropriate and proportionate without interfering in day-to-day harbour operations; and welcomes the safeguards given in schedules 1 and 2 to European wildlife sites and to the wider environment.

Signatures by party: Labour 27, Liberal Democrat 2, Conservative 1, Green 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Scottish National Party 1.